Cover-sealing means



W. H. RAY.

COVER SEALING MEANS.

APPLICATIDN FILED NOV. 5. 1919.

1,394,581. I Patented 001;. 25, 19 21.

OFFICE.

WILLIAM HJRAY, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE WEIS FIBRE CONTAINERi i i CORPORATION, OF MONROE, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

the invention is to provide a simple and in expensive form of sealingmeans which can be readily applied to hold in placethe cover of a. pailor'other container, and which can be easily broken and removed when itis desired to remove the contents of the container or pail. 7

Another object is'to provide a simple form of sealing means which willnot be liable to be broken during shipment of any desired commodity in acontainer or pail of this character.

It is also an object to provide certain details tending to increase thegeneral efiiciency of a cover-sealing mean of this particular character.

To these and other useful ends the invention consists in mattershereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of a pail having the coverthereof held in place by sealing means embodying the principles of theinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail or fragmentary section.

Fig. 3 is also an enlarged detail or fragmentary section.

As thus illustrated, the container is in the form of a pail having afiber body 1, the bottom of said body (not shown) being held in place bymetal binding 2 in any suit-- able or desired manner. The bail-shapedhandle 3 is secured to the body by means of 7 sheet metal brackets 4 ofany uitable character, so that the handle may swing in either direction.For the purposes of the invention, however, the pail may be of anysuitable or desired character.

The cover 5 may also be of any suitable character, but is preferably soformed that it will fit down tightly over the top of the pail, thuseffectively closing the latter.

Specification of Letters Patent.

at opposite sides of the pail.

COVER-SEALING MEANS.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

Application filed November 5, 1919. Serial No. 335,790.

The sealing means include a wire 6 which is threaded through the eye 7of one of the bracket 4, then stretched across the top of the cover andbrought down and through the eye 7 of the other bracket 4, itbeinunderstood that these two brackets are lisposed Staples 8 .are insertedthrough the sides of the pail, near the upper edge thereof, each staplehaving its ends clenched on the inner surface of the pail, and havingits outer end provided with a hump 10 which provide an eye for the saidwire which forms a part of the sealing means. With this arrangement,said wire, after passing through the second bracket 4, is then stretchedat 11 around the outer surface of the pail until it reaches one of thestaples 8, and is then brought upward and stretched across the top ofthe cover. Then the wire is brought downward and through the otherstaple 8, and the two ends of the wire are brought together and fastenedby a lead seal 12, or by any other suitable means. In this way,therefore, the wire extends over the outer side surface of the pail, atopposite sides thereof, and is also held in crossed relation upon thetop surface of the cover, whereby the latter is held firmly down inplace.

, Any desired commodity can be shipped in the pail. and the wire sealingmeans will hold the cover effectively in place until it it is desired toremove the contents. The seal 12 can then be broken, or the wire can becut, thereby to release the cover. The sealing means, it will be seen,do not interfere with the manipulation of the handle 3 of the pail, asthe latter is free to wing in either direction. The brackets 4, however,which form the handle attaching means, serve also as a part of thesealing means.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In combination with a containerhaving a removable cover, sealing means comprising wire stretched acrossthe top of the cover, a handle having attaching means therefor, andinstrumentalities including said attaching means for connecting the wireto the sides of the container, below the edges of the cover, so thatonly the wire extends over the cover, and whereby the wire is stretchedstraight across the cover from one side of the pail to the other.

having eyes for the Wire, said handlealsobe-V ing connected to the eyesof said brackets.

4:. A structure as specified in claim 1, said instrumentalitiescomprising devices arranged at points on the sides of the container tohold the wire in crossed relation on the upper surface of the cover, andto hold the wire stretched from one device to another at opposite sidesof the container, the ends of the Wire being fastened together.

In a container, the combination of a body formingthe sides of a pail,brackets secured to said'body at the top thereof, a bailshaped handleconnected to said brackets,

metal devicesapplied to the side of the pail at points between saidbrackets, a cover for the top of the pail, and a sealing wire threaded,through said brackets atpoints below the top of the pail and throughsaid metal devicesand across the top of the cover to hold the latter inplace, so that only the wire exing attaching means to hold said wire inI place. v

7. In apail sealing device, a single wire which is so arranged that byconnecting its two ends together it is stretched taut throughout itslength, extending crosswise of itself over thetop of the pail, andextending along opposite sides of the pail, so that only the wireextends over the top. I

8. In a pail sealing device, a single wire which is so arranged that byconnecting its two ends together it is stretched taut throughout itslength, extending back and forth between four points on the sides of thepail, over the top of the pail, and means at said points to hold thewire in place.

; WILLIAM H. RAY.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,394,581;

It is hereby certified that the State of incorporation of the assigneein Letters Patent No. 1,394,581, granted October 25, 1921, upon theapplication of William H. Ray, of Monroe, Michigan, for an improvementin Cover-Sealing Means, Was erroneously given as Michigan, Whereas saidState should have been given as South Dakota, as shown by the record ofassignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent should beread with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 13th day of December, A. D., 1921.

[sEAL.] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

